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"imagination soars in online festival" - The Age

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"Gertrude Opera's 10-day festival has made a mockery of the limitations imposed by the coronavirus lockdown,

with lively productions highlighting the intimacy and drama that clever camerawork can create"

- Sydney Morning Herald

 

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Yarra Valley

Opera Festival

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"pure joy online" - The Age

"exceptional...potent and streamlined" - Limelight

"delightfully conceptualised...highly evocative and engaging" - Stage Whispers

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A Gertrude Opera (AUS) - Monk Parrots Production (USA)

music by David Lang

stories by Lydia Davis, and words by David Lang after Gottfried von Strassburg, Beroul, Sir Thomas Malory, Marie de France,

Beatriz Contessa de Dia, Thomas of Britain, the yom kippur liturgy and Richard Wagner

 

Directed by Luke Leonard 

Featuring Amelia Jones  Heather Fletcher  Belinda Paterson  Alexandra Amerides (VIC)

Josh Landis     Charlotte Simcock     Gates Leonard   (USA)

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"a strong and vibrant interpretation...no weak links." - The Age / Sydney Morning Herald

 

"an alluring and evocative piece...cleverly bridges personal storytelling and cultural interconnectedness." - Limelight

 

A Gertrude Opera Production

music by Ross James Carey   words by Merrill Findlay

 Directed by Linda Thompson  

Music Direction by Patrick Burns

Cinematography by Anna Cadden (TAS) Ehran Edwards (NSW) Tiana Koutsis (VIC)

Edited by Greta Nash 

Featuring

Emily Burke as Kate

Andrew Moran as 'Bricky' Foster

Michael Lapiña as Quong Lee

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with Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba (violin) Zoe Knighton (cello) Brendan Toohey (clarinet)  Patrick Burns (accordion*)  

*virtual